David Barnett Art
American, b. 1933
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age 19 when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985, David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since.
David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics and oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miró, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery collection and knowledge and passion for fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. In November 2005, he opened his second studio gallery in Hartland, Wisconsin.
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Artist: David Barnett
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"Sky Palette, " Early Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sky Palette" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The painting consists of a series of colorful, gestural brush strokes. While s...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Caribbean Cruise Pool, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Carribean Cruise Pool" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The painting is abstract and brightly colored, featuring deep blues, b...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Two Vases, " Original Ink & Oil Pencil Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Vases" is an original ink and oil pencil drawing by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This drawing is composed of hatched black lines, accented by a myriad of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink
"Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries, " Original Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries," is an original surrealist ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in upper right. In the work, a lobster transforms into a stalk of bamboo in three stages...
Category
1960s Surrealist David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink
"Cranberry Bog & Golden Fields, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cranberry Bog & Golden Fields" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by David Barnett. This painting features a bright yellow field behind a red bog...
Category
2010s Fauvist David Barnett Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Oriental Sunrise in the Mountains" & "Shooting Star" signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Oriental Sunrise in the Mountains" and "Shooting Star" are two original watercolor paintings on opposite sides of a 300 lb piece of watercolor paper, created by David Barnett. In ad...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Constellation with Blue Cloud, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Constellation with Blue Cloud" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The piece is abstract; a large blue ring...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Escape to Mexico City, " Watercolor and Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Escape to Mexico City" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece features stamps of cows, footprints, and the st...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Coyotes Disguised as Christmas Cactus Tree, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Coyotes Disguised as Christmas Cactus Tree" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower center. Solid blocks of pastel red ...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Homage to Chagall: David & Bathsheba Sunrise Celebration, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Chagall: David & Bathsheba Sunrise Celebration" is an original mixed media piece that incorporates collage, watercolor, and iridescent acr...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"What, Water, Color, Sky, " Surreal Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whale, Water, Color, Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This surreal, abstract work is composed of expressive brush strok...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Fireworks Series: Grand Finale, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett, signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fireworks Series: Grand Finale" is an original mixed media piece on watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The piece depicts a cacophony of fireworks against a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Morph Dog Brand Spumoni Ice Cream" Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Brand Spumoni Ice Cream" is an original mixed media work with watercolor and oil pastel by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This cheerful work is an homage to ice...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
"Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'In the Forest, ' Woodcut, " David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'In the Forest' (reversed) woodcut from Klänge Series" is an original mixed media piece b...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media
"Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'Rider & Child' Woodcut, " David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'Rider & Child' woodcut from Klänge Series" is an original mixed media piece by David Bar...
Category
2010s David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Think Spring, " Original Colorful Mixed Media Acrylic signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Think Spring" is a mixed media & acrylic piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The piece is an explosion of color and texture with many different types of flow...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains, c. 1850, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850" is an watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It is an illustration of a painted shield from the Kiowa Native America...
Category
1990s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Homage to Schomer Lichtner in Cow Frame #1 with Cow Medallion" by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Schomer Lichtner in Cow Frame #1" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, and collage. It is signed and da...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
"Homage to Schomer Lichtner in Cow Frame #2, " Watecolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Schomer Lichtner in Cow Frame #2" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, and collage. It is signed and da...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink
"Orbiting the Earth, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orbiting the Earth" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This abstract piece is almost abstract expressionist in style with free...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Una Pata Arriba Revisted, " Original Ink, Watercolor, & Acrylic by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"first Impressions of Mexico City #1: Una Pata Arriba Revisited" is an original watercolor, ink, and iridescent acrylic piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The pieces d...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett that incorporates iridescent oil pastel, a dried hibiscus flower, and watercolor. It is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Other Medium
"Beaver Lake Sunrise II, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunrise II" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. It depicts a sunset over a body of water in the ab...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Lake Michigan Rocky Shore" Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Rocky Shore" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks in purples and blues to represent L...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Up North Reflections, " Original Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Reflections" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. elements such as the "UP NORTH" Wisconsin license plate and the line of cow...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Land, Sea, & Sky II, " Original Mixed Media Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea, & Sky II" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This abstract work is divided into three strata. The lowest represents the sea, re...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Desert Mountain Souvenir Paper Clip Cactus, " Watercolor & Ink by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Desert Mountain Souvenir Paper Clip Cactus" is an original watercolor and ink drawing on hotel stationary by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The image features an abstracte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Hot Irons & Chili Peppers" Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hot Irons & Chili Peppers" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The composition flows from right to left, following the purple-grey curve behind th...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Orbit, " Abstract Watercolor & Tempera Painting signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orbit" is an original watercolor and tempera painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features abstract and expressionist marks in gray, black...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
"Landscape with Glasses, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Glasses" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This piece is gestural and abstract, featuring free mark-making with the brus...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Up North - Campfire Logger Spirit, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North - Campfire Logger Spirit" is an original mixed media piece on a piece of birch bark, signed along the lower left edge. The artist only collects birch bark that he finds on ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Oil Crayon, Pencil, Birch
"Shooting Star, " Original Abstract Surreal Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shooting Star" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. This surreal, abstract painting features gestural strokes of undiluted blue p...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Landscape with Bridge, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Bridge" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. The image is abstract, playful lines of color giving the barest suggesti...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Garden Celebration I, " Watercolor on Handmade Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garden Celebration I" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, including watercolor on paper that was hand-made by the artist. The artist has embedded various objects into...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
"Magic Mushroom in Monches, " Original Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Magic Mushroom in Monches" is an original fine art photograph by David Barnett, taken with 35mm film and printed as a giclee on watercolor paper with a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Giclée
"Purple Mountain with Boomerang, " Original Mixed Media on Paper by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Purple Mountain with Boomerang" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. This tiny painting features a mounta...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Giclée
"Steinhafel's Warehouse Series, Silent Steel Forest, " Photo by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Steinhafel's Warehouse Series, Silent Steel Forest" is an original fine art photography print from 35mm film by David Barnett. It depicts the interior of a warehouse of a furniture ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Color
"Sunset over the Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunset Over the Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The painting is a desert landscape, dotted with red flowers ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Up North Series: Think Forests, Think Trees..." Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Think Forests, Think Trees, or Dos Vacas Sin Cabezas" is an original ink and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It features a Wisconsi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring, " Mixed Media signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artwork is signed in the lower right. Barnett used iridescent watercolo...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Land, Sea & Sky, I, " Original Mixed Media & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea & Sky I" is an original mixed media and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This abstract work is divided into three strata. The lowest repres...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Morph Dog Series: Kite Fly-in III, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Kite Fly-In III" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed along the lower center. This piece is the Milwaukee-area native artist's satire on the...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Cow Jumping Over the Moon, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cow Jumping Over the Moon" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It incorporates watercolor, marker, ...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Sunrise IV, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunrise IV" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This abstract piece features brig...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Southwest Sunset Paper Clip Cactus Palette, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Southwest Sunset Paper Clip Cactus Palette" is an original, playful mixed media piece on watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Against a vivid red,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Morph Dog Ranch Retreat, " Original Earth-toned Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Range Retreat" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The painting features dark earth tones and washes of brown and dark blue. The titular...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Four Kisses on a Passionate Sea, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Four Kisses on a Passionate Sea" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right color. An abstract image, it features horizontal streaks of vivid col...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Midnight Mediterranean Shore Reflections Under the Stars, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Midnight Mediterranean Shore Reflections Under the Stars" is an original watercolor and ink painting on museum foam board by David Barnett, signed in the lower left center. This abs...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Foam Board
"The Blue Whale, " Original Mixed Media on Canvas signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Blue Whale" is an original mixed media artwork on canvas by David Barnett. The artist used ink, aquacryl, and iridescent acrylic and signed/dated the piece lower right. It depic...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies II, " Mixed Media Landscape by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies II" is an original watercolor, iridescent acrylic, and ink painting on watercolor paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. Th...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Vase-Summer Flowers I, " Colorful Hand Painted Glass signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase-Summer Flowers I" is a hand-painted glass vase by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the vase on the bottom. This vase depicts a variety of colorful flowers.
8" heigh...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Glass, Paint
"Star Lake Reflections - Autumn, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Star Lake Reflections - Autumn" is an original watercolor painting on antique Whatman watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image is an abstract r...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Surrealist Self-Portrait, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Self-Portrait" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by David Barnett. This nearly completely abstract painting features bright oranges, reds, and yellows alongside d...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lake Michigan Rocks, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Rocks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. The painting features an abstract representation of Lake Michgan's roc...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Spacial Balance Series, " Original Watercolor & Pencil Works by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spacial Balance" is a series of four works by David Barnett in watercolor and pencil, all signed "David Barnett '68." Each is a different experiment in line, color, and balance.
Sp...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Graphite, Paper, Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Sunset Nov. 11, 1996, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunset Nov. 11, 1996" is an original watercolor painting on antique J. Whatman Paper by David Barnett, signed in pencil in the lower right corner. The sunset is rendered...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Cityscape with Tree & Fireworks, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cityscape with Tree & Fireworks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features an abstract, Cezanne-inspired landscape in b...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Impressions of Mexico City: Chicklets, Anyone?" Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City Series: Chicklets, Anyone?" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. It features bright colors and surreal ju...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
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